Doing business with Australia

Trade and Investment Services

The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) is the Australian Government agency that helps Australian companies win overseas business for their products and services by reducing the time, cost and risk involved in selecting, entering and developing international markets. We also help international companies build up their business in Australia.

Austrade Services

For Australian businesses....

Austrade, the only agency of the Australian Government exclusively focused on international markets, can help Australian businesses to:

• Assisting in building a presence in the overseas market
• Providing information on specific and/or new export opportunities

For Chinese businesses....

Australia has a wide range of goods and services that are for export to China and Austrade in China can help Chinese businesses source good and products from Australia. To this purpose, Austrade has set up three major offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and maintains sub-offices in Dalian, Qingdao, Shenyang, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Kunming, and Shenzhen.

Our investment specialists can help Chinese companies interested in Australia as a site for direct investment, including regional headquarters, by providing information on Australia’s investment environment, identifying potential investment projects and strategic alliance partners, as well as assisting with the investment approval process.

For a full listing of Austrade offices in China, go to Contact Austrade.

Products, Goods & Services from Australia

• Agribusiness
The main agribusiness trading commodities are barley, wheat and sheepskin.

• Automotive
The major automotive commodities are suspension and air-conditioning systems. More specifically, engines, braking equipment, wheels, driveline components, seating, transmissions, air-condition equipment and friction material, as well as automotive design and training.

• Building Materials
The main products and services are architectural design, high-grade cement and glass, 'new' building materials, decoration material, and consultancy / services / products for housing reform projects.

• Education: Austrade has a longstanding involvement with Australia’s education sector. On a cross-sector basis, Austrade promotes education opportunities for Australian education providers and continues to profile Australia as a quality international education provider in the world. International promotion and marketing of education for Australia - responsibility was transferred from Australian Education International (AEI) to Austrade from 1 July 2010.